1. The Abuse Won't Stop Until We Change Police Culture.
- Author
-
Harris, Ron and Horace, Matthew
- Subjects
POLICE brutality ,BLACK people ,CRIME victims ,POLICE & society ,SELECTION & appointment of police ,EMPLOYEE screening - Abstract
An editorial is presented which describes the prevalence of abuse of black people by police in U.S. cities including Baltimore, Maryland; Fort Worth, Texas and Tulsa, Oklahoma and outlines the necessity to change police culture in the nation in order to stop such abuse. It outlines incidents from Baltimore where black resident Freddie Gray was killed and another resident DaShawn McGrier was injured by police. It also discusses the shortcomings of the screening process of police departments.
- Published
- 2018